I'm creating a set of Third Age army lists for Middle Earth; I'm looking for a few enthusiastic and well-read scholars to discuss the LOTR army lists with me.
Requirements are:
- Enthusiastic about Tolkein, and well-read in the genre. If you aren't aware that the Numenoreans had little or no cavalry, for example, you may not offer me a useful additional perspective. As another example, I like Migration Period figures for the Balchoth. If you don't know anything about the Balchoth, you can look it up -- but you should know about the Oath of Eorl (sometimes called the Oath of Cirion) that resulted from their defeat at the Field of Celebrant.
- FT player (or historical Triumph -- Tolkein doesn't go very heavily into the FT genre, and most of his cultures and armies are pretty historical).
- Regular respondent on email. If you only check your email every three or four days, that's probably not going to be regular enough to contribute.
- knowledge of a variety of historical army lists is a plus, but not required. For example, I've decided that Khand shares a lot of geography with the Tarim Basin cultures along the Silk Road, and the Gokturks and Sogdians. That doesn't need to mean anything to you, but if it does mean something to you, it would help.